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Announcements and News
- Applications for the 2026–2027 SIMS Visiting Research Fellowships is now open! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- Announcing the SIMS / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures Collaborative Fellowship! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- Applications for the 2026–2027 SIMS Graduate Student Research Fellowship is now open! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- The Fall 2025 issue (Vol. 10.2) of Manuscript Studies is now available in Diamond-level Open Access via Project Muse, as are all previous issues.
- SIMS is excited to announce the following Visiting Research Fellows for the 2025–2026 academic year: Ali Noori (Fordham University), Hanno Wijsman (Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes), and Emanuele Scieri (University of Glasgow).
- Discover BASIRA, the Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art database, a new digital resource for book history hosted by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. Enter the database or visit the project website to learn more.
- Join us every Thursday at 12:00PM Noon EDT / 5pm BST for Coffee with a Codex (via Zoom; registration required).
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- Workshop
May 7, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: Canon Law in Verse
On May 7, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 741, a verse summary of Raymond of Peñaforte's Summa de poenitentia et matrimonio; canon law on marriage, simony, usury, luxury, bigamy, etc., with a brief Bible dictionary, arranged in canonical order, not in alphabetical order.
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public
- Workshop
May 14, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: An Exciting NEW Acquisition!
On May 14, curator Dot Porter will be joined by Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts Nicholas Herman to show you a very special and exciting new acquisition! What is it? We can't tell you, but we can promise that no matter what kind of manuscripts you're interested in, you will want to see this!
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public
- Workshop
May 21, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: Hybrid Book of Hours
On May 21, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1531, a book of hours, use of Rome, printed ca. 1507 in Paris.
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public